This page will archive the rap news stories that have been featured on TheStateofHipHop.com's Rap News Section for a period of at least one year.

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MARCH - 2008    

March 30, 2008 - Yo! MTV Raps Turns 20, MTV Pays Tribute

March 28, 2008 - Despite Conviction, Remy Ma And Papoose To Marry In Prison

March 27, 2008 - LA Times Writer Apologizes For Being 'Duped' by Sabatino

March 25, 2008 - Suge Knight's New Reality Show Gets a Trailer

March 24, 2008 - Mos Def Visits "City of God" in New MTV Documentary Series "4Real"

March 23, 2008 - Boy Throws Rock Through Rapper's Windshield, Says "I Hate Soulja Boy"

March 22, 2008 - Lil' Mama Recruits Swizz Beats & Scott Storch For Debut Album

March 20, 2008 - Ludacris Gives Aspiring Artists A Voice Via Website

March 20, 2008 - Loud.com Announces Rap Finalists in Amateur Competition

March 18, 2008 - D12's Manager Charged With Raping & Drugging Underage Girls

March 17, 2008 - Diddy, Henchman Implicated In Tupac Shooting, Deny Claims

March 15, 2008 - New Evidence Suggests Biggie and Puffy Knew of Tupac Setup in NY Quad Sudios Shooting

March 15, 2008 - Papoose Lays Out Fat Joe With 'A Fair One'

March 14, 2008 - DMX Talks New Album, Shows Mad Ignorance

March 11, 2008 - Soulja Boy Fans To Be Refunded For Rapper's No Show

March 11, 2008 - Gym Class Hero Admits To Drug Addiction

March 8, 2008 - Actors To Depict Biggie and Tupac Cast in B.I.G. Biopic

March 7, 2008 - Brothers Who Discovered Eminem Sue Dr. Dre, Interscope For Millions

March 5, 2008 - Fat Joe and Papoose Admit and Discuss Their Fist Fight

March 5, 2008 - Gnarles Barkley's New Video May Trigger Epileptic Seizures

March 3, 2008 - The Year of the Hip Hop Women Officially Begins March 2008

March 2, 2008 - Juvenile Devastated Over Daughter's Murder

FEBRUARY - 2008    

February 28, 2008 - Eminem Pens Memoir Set to Drop This Fall

February 27, 2008 - Did KMEL Radio Kill The Bay Area’s Hyphy Movement?

February 25, 2008 - Jay-Z & Nas Plan "Kings of Hip Hop" Collabo Album

February 25, 2008 - New Study Suggests Rap Music May Trigger Sexism

February 22, 2008 - "White Rapper Show" Artist Recruits Prostitutes On Myspace

February 22, 2008 - Jadakiss Says "Ringtone tight pants wearing" MC's Ruining Rap

February 21, 2008 - Star and Bucwild Morning Show Finally Returns

February 21, 2008 - G-Rated Chinese Rappers Keep It Real

February 19, 2008 - TVT Records Files Bankruptcy; Fires Entire Staff

February 17, 2008 - Fans Riot and Flip Police Car at dead prez Show

February 15, 2008 - Kanye West Releases GITD Tour Dates; Tickets Go On Sale

February 13, 2008 - Prodigy of Mobb Deep Starts 3 1/2 Year Prison Sentence Today

February 12, 2008 - Nas' "Nigger" Shirt Sparks Controversy at Grammy's

February 9, 2008 - G-Unit Clothing Officially Goes Out of Business

February 8, 2008 - Big Pun's Family Snubbed By Fat Joe

February 6, 2008 - The Game Headed To Jail For 4 Months

February 5, 2008 - Pimp C Died From Cough Syrup Overdose & Sleep Apnea

February 2, 2008 - Update: Snoop Dogg's UK Ban Lifted

February 1, 2008 - Joell Ortiz Speaks on Leaving Aftermath